APA Pet Peeves pp. 67-68, 3.08, Economy of Expression p. 69, 3.09, Editorial “we”—“we” only refers to authors—also refers to “us,” “our,” etc. pp. 77-78, 3.18, Use the past tense pp. 79, 3.20, a pronoun must agree in number pp. 81-82, 3.21, misplaced and dangling modifiers pp. 84-86, 3.23, parallel construction pp.73-74, 3.12, gender (use plural pronouns) p.76, 3.15, disabilities (people before disabling condition) pp. 88-89, 4.03, use a comma between elements pp. 91-92, 4.07, quotation marks—do not hedge pp.62-63, 3.02-3.03, headings pp. 63-64, 3.04, seriation pp. 170-171, 6.03, quotation of sources pp.111-112, 4.31 a, b, and especially 112 e—numbers p. 118, 4.45, use symbol for percent when it is preceded by a number pp. 174-179, 6.11-6.21, Reference citations in text p. 198, 7.01, general form of citation for a periodical (examples p. 198, 7.01) Other important notes: Do not use contractions Do not objectify people—use participants instead of subjects Do not overuse direct quotations Avoid secondary citations Avoid anthropomorphism Avoid linear literature reviews (study by study) Italicize technical or key terms Italicize Likert scale descriptors—e.g. totally disagree (1)…highly agree (5) For 3 to 6 authors, cite all authors first time and then use et al. e.g.—Brown et al. (1998) Numbers—if under ten, write it out unless it is modifying—e.g. 3% References to time use numbers When comparing numbers below ten to above 10, use numbers instead of writing it out
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